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Show MERRIMACK RIVER COMPACT 213 constructed as to provide for further development by increasing stor- age capacity, the added storage to be used for water conservation or power development. "The type and general plans for the construction of the two reser- voirs herein provided to be constructed as an initial plan of flood con- trol on the Merrimack River Basin are to be approved by the Merri- mack River Valley Flood Control Commission, hereinbefore created, before any construction work thereon is begun or prosecuted. "In so far as any of the foregoing reservoirs may be constructed for the combined purpose of flood control and conservation or recre- ational purposes, neither of the signatory states wherein such reservoirs are located shall be obligated to pay any additional cost of con- struction. "article v "To the end that the Merrimack River Valley Flood Control Com- mission may give to the Secretary of War the assurances required under Section 3 of the Act of Congress hereinbefore referred to, and that the lands, easements, and rights of way necessary for the con- struction by the United States of the reservoirs and structures thereon, herein contemplated, may be provided, each state at the request of the Commission shall proceed forthwith to acquire title to and pos- session of the lands, easements, and rights of way within its territorial limits, which, are determined and designated by the Commission for the construction of such reservoir or reservoirs. "Such acquisition shall t>e by purchase or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, as said Commission may direct, and in the man- ner now or hereafter provided for by the law of the state wherein such lands, easements and rights of way are located. Title to such lands, easements, and rights of way shall be taken in the name of the state wherein the same are located. The cost of acquisition, as hereinafter defined, shall be borne by said Commission and paid from and out of the funds contributed by the signatory states for such purpose, as hereinafter provided. "Each state, upon notice from and at the sole expense of said Com- mission, shall forthwith proceed to make, or cause to be made, such highway relocations, including the acquisition of all necessary rights of way therefor, and the construction of such relocated highway, as may become necessary therein because of the construction, operation, and maintenance of any reservoir or reservoirs for flood control pur- poses ; provided, however, that due allowance shall be made on account of any improved type of construction of such relocated highway. The character, location, route, and construction of such relocated highways shall be determined by the state wherein such relocated highways are situated. "Any new or relocated highway shall, after construction, be and be- come a public way in the town in which located, or, if built as a reloca- tion of a state highway, shall become a state highway, and when the Commission shall have notified the town or the state, as the case may be, of the completion of said highway, the jurisdiction and responsibility of the Commission over same shall cease and shall devolve upon the town or state in which the way is located. |